diff --git a/ci/terraform/auto-scaling.tf b/ci/terraform/auto-scaling.tf
index 34f9a15e3..1a8253a77 100644
--- a/ci/terraform/auto-scaling.tf
+++ b/ci/terraform/auto-scaling.tf
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ecs_service_scale_out_alarm" {
   evaluation_periods  = 2
   metric_name         = "CPUUtilization"
   namespace           = "AWS/ECS"
-  period              = 60
+  period              = 30
   statistic           = "Average"
-  threshold           = 60
+  threshold           = 50
   datapoints_to_alarm = 2
 
   dimensions = {
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ resource "aws_cloudwatch_metric_alarm" "ecs_service_scale_in_alarm" {
   evaluation_periods  = 5
   metric_name         = "CPUUtilization"
   namespace           = "AWS/ECS"
-  period              = 60
+  period              = 30
   statistic           = "Average"
-  threshold           = 60
+  threshold           = 50
   datapoints_to_alarm = 5
 
   dimensions = {
@@ -107,29 +107,23 @@ resource "aws_appautoscaling_policy" "frontend_auto_scaling_policy_scale_out" {
   step_scaling_policy_configuration {
     adjustment_type          = "PercentChangeInCapacity"
     metric_aggregation_type  = "Average"
-    cooldown                 = 120
-    min_adjustment_magnitude = 5
+    cooldown                 = 60
+    min_adjustment_magnitude = 10
 
     step_adjustment {
       metric_interval_lower_bound = 0
-      metric_interval_upper_bound = 20
-      scaling_adjustment          = 100
+      metric_interval_upper_bound = 10
+      scaling_adjustment          = 300
     }
 
     step_adjustment {
-      metric_interval_lower_bound = 20
+      metric_interval_lower_bound = 10
       metric_interval_upper_bound = 30
-      scaling_adjustment          = 200
+      scaling_adjustment          = 400
     }
 
     step_adjustment {
       metric_interval_lower_bound = 30
-      metric_interval_upper_bound = 35
-      scaling_adjustment          = 300
-    }
-
-    step_adjustment {
-      metric_interval_lower_bound = 35
       scaling_adjustment          = 500
     }
   }
@@ -146,7 +140,7 @@ resource "aws_appautoscaling_policy" "frontend_auto_scaling_policy_scale_in" {
   step_scaling_policy_configuration {
     adjustment_type          = "PercentChangeInCapacity"
     metric_aggregation_type  = "Average"
-    cooldown                 = 120
+    cooldown                 = 60
     min_adjustment_magnitude = 5
 
     step_adjustment {
diff --git a/ci/terraform/staging.tfvars b/ci/terraform/staging.tfvars
index bb40e5367..5917ce2d2 100644
--- a/ci/terraform/staging.tfvars
+++ b/ci/terraform/staging.tfvars
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ common_state_bucket = "di-auth-staging-tfstate"
 redis_node_size     = "cache.m4.xlarge"
 
 frontend_auto_scaling_v2_enabled = true
-frontend_task_definition_cpu     = 1024
-frontend_task_definition_memory  = 2048
-frontend_auto_scaling_min_count  = 3
-frontend_auto_scaling_max_count  = 60
-ecs_desired_count                = 3
+frontend_task_definition_cpu     = 512
+frontend_task_definition_memory  = 1024
+frontend_auto_scaling_min_count  = 4
+frontend_auto_scaling_max_count  = 120
+ecs_desired_count                = 4
 support_language_cy              = "1"
 support_international_numbers    = "1"
 support_account_recovery         = "1"